NEARLY 40 scholars will present findings at the Nuffield Farming Super Conference in November. 

After several years of delayed travel, many scholars are set to attend the three-day conference from November 14-16 at Sandy Park in Exeter, Devon. 

Mike Vacher, director of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust, said: “We look forward to hearing from our 2020, 2021 and 2022 Scholars about net zero agendas, public perceptions, plant breeding, livestock management, aquaculture, viticulture, deer management, robotics, data monitoring, water – the list goes on.”

As well as a variety of presentations, the conference includes a welcome buffet, formal annual dinner and a pre-conference visit to Wastenage Farms, where Pete and Di Wastenage milk 2700 cows on a low-cost, pasture-based system. 

Presenting scholars include: 

  • Martin Gott - Raw ambition - What it takes to grow a high value artisan cheese industry and why it is important
  • James Standen - Achieving excellence in university and college farms. Implementing best practice from home and abroad
  • Lizzie Carr-Archer - How plant breeding could reduce farm inputs in the future
  • Nicola Harrison - Mapping out a green growth strategy for UK horticulture
  • Peter Craven - The formula for family business success
  • Fred Langdale - Frost protection and post frost care in cool climate viticulture
  • Sam Smith - Regenerative agriculture: a shared ambition for the future of farming?
  • Emily Aitchison - Farm to Glass: assessing how farmers can benefit from future trends in the drinks industry
  • Gary Spence - I can't believe it's not beef! Can livestock compete with alternative proteins?
  • James Stobart - Effective monitoring methods that measure ecological outcomes in grazing systems
  • Gary Thompson - Breaking dairy farming's addiction to inorganic fertilizer: The road to rehabilitation
  • Olivia Champion - Can carbon neutral edible insects be farmed profitably?
  • Matthew Blyth - Evaluating the potential cost benefits of electronic data recording for UK sheep and beef farms
  • Anna Bowen - Cow calf contact: dairy's ethical future?
  • Camilla Hayselden-Ashby - Hemp: how can UK farmers take advantage of this profitable, sustainable crop?
  • Dan De Baerdmaecker - Influences affecting management and productivity of deer as a semi-domesticated species in an intensive farming system
  • Aisla Jones - How can retail and supply chains support demand for more sustainable aquaculture feed?
  • Chris Manley - How can retail and supply chains support demand for more sustainable aquaculture feed?
  • Ian Baggs - Sustainable forage cropping for dairy cattle in the face of climate change challenges
  • Ben Hunt - Can you farm Carbon?
  • Miles Middleton - Working towards Net Zero in the Dairy sector...trade offs, opportunity costs and alternative allocations for scarce resources
  • Tom Young - Sustainable water use: opportunities for agriculture based on cross-disciplinary knowledge sharing
  • Helen Wyman - Mentoring: a mechanism for driving positive change in UK Agriculture
  • Kendra Hall - Building trust in British farming through increased transparency of on-farm livestock production
  • Oli Chedgey - Living the Farming Ladder
  • Chris Taylor - Do regenerative farming practices pave the way for UK agriculture to meet Net Zero
  • Toby Simpson - Catch and cover cropping opportunities in UK arable agriculture
  • Emily Padfield - The mob-grazed flerd: improving soil, biodiversity and farm incomes
  • James Pick - Can Maincrop Potatoes be Grown in a Regenerative system?
  • Liz Cresswell - Cattle health schemes: what does success look like?
  • Miranda Timmerman - Worming like a winner: a guide to a sustainable UK sheep flock
  • Rob Havard - Evaluation of beef cattle selection methods for profitability in grass-fed production systems
  • Vic Ballantyne - Too Fat? The role of condition in maternal livestock in areas with extreme seasonal variability
  • David Throup - Poultry Manure: a study into the storage, bi-product capabilities & the impact on environment sustainability
  • Ali Cook - ‘Utilisation and Impact of robotics on large scale dairy farms’

AHDB is the main sponsor of The Nuffield Farming Super Conference.